106 NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXVI. 1919 



(34) *Paranthrene zoneiventris. 



Paranlhrene zoneiventris Le Cerf. Obcrtli. lit Lip. Comp. xii. i pi. 37G. f. 3140 (1910) : id. l.r. xiv. 

 p. 257. 

 Bnnua, Momcit. 



(35) Paranthrene pernix. 



t Bemhcria pernix Leech, P.Z.S. 1888. p. 592. pi. 30. f. 5; B.artel, S;it7,, Gr. Schm. pa!, ii. p. 409. 

 pi. 51. k. 

 Japan. 



(36) * Paranthrene davidi. 



Paranthrene davidi Lo Cerf, Oberth. ^t. Up. Comp. xiv. p. 259. pi. 177. f. 3936. 

 W. China. 



(37) Paranthrene feralis. 



t Sciapteron ferale Leech, P.Z.S. 1888. p. 591. pi. 30. f. 3 ; Bartel, Seitz, Gr. Schm. pal. ii. p. 380. 

 pi. 51. h. 

 Japan. 



(38) * Paranthrene tristis. 



Paranthrene tristis Le Cerf, Oberth. St. Lep. Comp. xiv. p. 2G1. pi. 477. f. 3937 (1916). 

 Annam. 



(39) Paranthrene sesiiformis. 



t Paranthrene se.iiiformis Moore, Lep. E.l.C. p. 385 (1858). 

 Java. 



(40) t Paranthrene cuprescens n. sp. 



cj. Head, thorax, and abdomen black slightly glossed with blue, the antennae 

 rufous below and with some yellow on basal joint below, the frons white at sides, 

 the palpi yellow, the genae white, the neck with yellow ring, the abdomen vAth 

 yellow bands on 2nd, 4th, and 5th segments, incomplete dorsally, some yellow 

 above base of anal tuft ; (fore and hind legs wanting), the mid legs with some 

 white on the femora below towards extremity, the tibiae and tarsi scarlet, 

 the mid and hind coxae yellow ; ventral surface of abdomen with the 2nd, 

 3rd, and 4th segments golden yellow and a spot on the 5th. Forening black 

 glossed witli purple-blue ; some fiery red above base of inner margin ; the cell 

 and submedian interspace except at base and all the interspaces of terminal area 

 cupreous red except at eosta, the apical area suffused with purple-blue. Hind- 

 wing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black. Underside of forewing 

 golden yellow, some black on basal area except at costa, the apical area suffused 

 with purple and blue ; hindwing with the costa and the veins defining the cell 

 golden yellow. 



Portuguese E. Africa, Ruo Valley (Neave), 1 cJ type. Exp. 30 mill. 



(41) Paranthrene xanthosoma. 



t Sciapleron ranthosoma Hmpsn., A.M.N.H. (8) vi. p. 104 (1910). 

 Uganda, S. E. Ankole ; S. Rhodesia, Bulawayo. 



